Philippines: Deepening dialogue on humanitarian law and Islamic law
… aims to highlight the common ground between international humanitarian law (IHL) and its equivalent in Islamic …
… aims to highlight the common ground between international humanitarian law (IHL) and its equivalent in Islamic …
… 71st session, Sixth Committee, Report of the International Law Commission on the Work of Its sixty-eighth … situations have illustrated the serious humanitarian consequences of disasters and the …
… also stressed the importance of respecting International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and said ongoing violations of the …
… them to buy food and other essential items INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS: … for this displaced family with four children. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE ©ICRC/Ksenia … by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. …
… Mexico (ICRC - IFRC) – Representatives of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent … the Fundamental Principles, international law and the Movement's Resolutions, in … in other parts of the world and pose similar humanitarian challenges. We welcome this sort …
… Malaysia. In this miniature version of the international Jean Pictet competition, … and used by many governments, militaries, humanitarian organisations and so on to … they quickly learned that IHL is not just for lawyers, but can and should be applied by …
… Convention (BWC) – is a rule of customary international humanitarian law. It is binding on all parties to all armed …
… refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions. Statement given by the … being done to respect and ensure respect for international humanitarian law. The ICRC welcomes the New York …
… conditions. At the beginning of 2016, other humanitarian organisations started operating … first aid for 25 JRCS volunteers. PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW (IHL) Provided 2,150 medical and …
… 31-10-2016 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross … and aims to raise awareness of international humanitarian law. The 60-second film " Victory by Any Means …
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Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
International humanitarian law is based on a number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, and a series of other instruments.
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.